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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| performing | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| playing | /x | Verb, Noun |
| temporary | /xxx | Noun, Adjective, Noun |
| impermanent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| forbear | x/ | Verb, Verb, Noun |
| directing | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| behaving | x/x | Verb |
| reacting | x/x | Verb |
| interacting | xx/x | Verb |
| actor | /x | Noun |
| action | /x | Noun |
| speaking | /x | Verb |
| singing | /x | Noun |
| imitating | /xxx | Verb |
| doing | /x | Verb |
| miming | /x | Noun |
| moving | /x | Verb |
| portraying | x/x | Verb |
| working | /x | Verb |
| exercising | /xxx | Verb |
| writing | /x | Noun |
| mimicking | /xx | Verb |
| auditioning | x/xx | Noun |
| communicating | x/xxx | Verb |
| being | /x | Verb |
| stepping | /x | Verb |
| manipulating | x/xxx | Verb |
| cooperating | x/xxx | Verb |
| supporting | x/x | Verb |
| pretending | x/x | Verb |
| counteracting | xx/x | Verb |
| practicing | /xx | Verb |
| executing | /xxx | Verb |
| refraining | x/x | Verb |
| controlling | x/x | Verb |
| enacting | x/x | Verb |
| suppressing | x/x | Verb |
| producing | x/x | Verb |
| rehearsing | x/x | Verb |
| conveying | x/x | Verb |
| obeying | x/x | Verb |
| promoting | x/x | Verb |
| dancing | /x | Noun |
| role | / | Noun |
| developing | x/xx | Verb |
| instructing | x/x | Verb |
| influencing | /xxx | Verb |
| observing | x/x | Verb |
| operating | /xxx | Noun |
| talking | /x | Verb |
| composing | x/x | Verb |
| running | /x | Verb |
| supervising | /xxx | Verb |
| jumping | /x | Noun |
| exerting | x/x | Verb |
| usurping | x/x | Verb |
| managing | /xx | Noun |
| fighting | /x | Noun |
| modeling | /xx | Noun |
| manifesting | /xxx | Verb |
| taking | /x | Verb |
| functioning | /xx | Noun |
| thinking | /x | Noun |
| standing | /x | Noun |
| impersonating | x/xxx | Verb |
| treating | /x | Verb |
| casting | /x | Noun |
| undermining | /xxx | Noun |
| embodying | x/xx | Verb |
| interfering | xx/x | Verb |
| dramatizing | /xxx | Verb |
| effecting | x/x | Verb |
| delivering | x/xx | Verb |
| performance | x/x | Noun |
| putting | /x | Verb |
| progressing | x/x | Verb |
| switching | /x | Noun |
| responding | x/x | Verb |
| pursuing | x/x | Verb |
| appearing | x/x | Verb |
| mediating | /xxx | Adjective |
| stabilizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| compensating | /xxx | Adjective |
| kicking | /x | Verb |
| antagonizing | x/xxx | Verb |
| competent | /xx | Adjective |
| turning | /x | Verb |
| clowning | /x | Noun |
| faking | /x | Verb |
| pulling | /x | Verb |
| stead | / | Noun |
| pushing | /x | Verb |
| recognizing | /xxx | Verb |
| driving | /x | Noun |
| handling | /x | Noun |
| applying | x/x | Verb |
| serving | /x | Noun |
| advancing | x/x | Verb |
| engaging | x/x | Verb |
| interpreting | /xxx | Verb |
| pro tem | // | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective |
| regent | /x | Noun |
| assistant | x/x | Noun |
| proxy | /x | Noun |
| incumbent | x/x | Noun |
| in charge | x/ | Phrase, Adjective |
| honorary | /xxx | Name |
| associate | x/xx | Noun |
| attendant | x/x | Noun |
| appointed | x/x | Verb |
| beneficiary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| adjutant | /xx | Noun |
| depositary | x/xxx | Noun |
| ministering | /xx | Noun |
| suppliant | x/x | Noun |
| auxiliary | x/xx | Noun |
| undercover | xx/x | Adjective |
| superintendent | xxx/x | Noun |
| accessory | x/xx | Noun |
| intendant | x/x | Noun |
| expatriate | x/xx | Noun |
| president | /xx | Noun |
| liege | / | Noun |
| serial | /xx | Noun |
| senior | /x | Name |
| detective | x/x | Noun |
| tutelary | /xxx | Noun |
| guilty | /x | Adjective |
| chief | / | Noun |
| armchair | /x | Noun |
| salaried | /xx | Adjective |
| conformist | x/x | Noun |
| elect | x/ | Noun |
| correspondent | xx/x | Noun |
| champion | /xx | Noun |
| forces | /x | Adjective |
| centrally | /xx | Adjective |
| playwriting | /xx | Noun |
| perceiving | x/x | Noun |
| siddons | /x | Name |
| charades | x/ | Noun |
| kean | / | Name |
| olivier | x/xx | Name |
| ensemble | x/x | Adjective |
| knowing | /x | Noun |
| improvisational | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| hamming | /x | Name |
| kemble | /x | Name |
| garrick | /x | Name |
| amateurish | /xxx | Adjective |
| kabuki | x/x | Adjective |
| raved | / | Verb |
| shakespearian | /xxx | Adjective |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| actress | /x | Noun |
| adjudicating | x/xxx | Verb, Noun |
| advertisement | x/xx | Noun |
| aerosolized | /xxx | Adjective |
| affords | x/ | Verb |
| agency | /xx | Noun |
| agent | /x | Noun |
| alternate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| anything | /xx | Noun, Adverb |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| artist | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| artiste | x/x | Noun |
| behalf | x/ | Noun |
| behaviour | x/x | Noun |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| caretaker | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| comedian | x/xx | Noun |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| company | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| craftsman | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| cylinder | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dealing | /x | Noun |
| deciding | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| deliberating | x/xxx | Verb |
| deputy | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| disposing | x/x | Noun |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dramatic | x/x | Adjective |
| dumb show | // | Phrase, Noun |
| enactment | x/x | Noun |
| entertainer | xx/x | Noun |
| finding | /x | Noun |
| forwarders | /xx | Noun |
| game | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| generation | xx/x | Noun |
| heroics | x/x | Noun |
| inducing | x/x | Adjective |
| innovating | xx/x | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| interim | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| intermediary | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| interpretive | x/xx | Adjective |
| intervening | xx/x | Noun, Adjective |
| invention | x/x | Noun |
| musician | x/x | Noun |
| parent | /x | Noun, Verb |
| player | /x | Noun |
| polytechnic | xx/x | Name, Adjective |
| portrayal | x/x | Noun |
| potent | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| powerful | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| proceeding | x/x | Noun |
| propelling | x/x | Noun |
| provisional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| recognised | /xx | Adjective |
| reference | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| regard | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| relation | x/x | Noun |
| releasing | x/x | Noun |
| representation | xxx/x | Noun |
| respect | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ruling | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| showman | /x | Noun |
| sitting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| skit | / | Noun, Verb |
| substitute | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| tentative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| theatre | /xx | Noun |
| transitional | x/xx | Adjective |
| ubiquitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| vice | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| wrong | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
